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  • [ April 30, 2026 ] Norway joins the UK’s Global Combat Ship partnership with Canada and Australia. East Asia and Pacific Region
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Elbit Systems Completes UTACS Acquisition in the UK.

February 2, 2026 GDC 0

Elbit Systems UK has completed the full acquisition of UAV Tactical Systems Ltd. (UTACS) after receiving all required regulatory and government approvals. The acquisition marks a further expansion of Elbit Systems’ presence in Europe and […]

Air Platform

Turkey’s C-130J Hercules Transport Aircraft Undergoing Overhaul in the UK.

November 17, 2025 GDC 0

Cambridge, U.K.-based Marshall Aerospace has confirmed that 12 C-130J Hercules transport aircraft acquired by Turkey from the United Kingdom have been delivered to its facilities for maintenance and modernization under a new multiyear contract signed […]

Cruise Missiles

UK and Germany agree to jointly manufacture 2,000km range cruise missile.

November 10, 2025 GDC 0

Europe’s next long-range precision strike missile could hit the skies sooner than expected. UK Defense Secretary John Healey has confirmed the fast-tracked development of what he previously called “one of the most advanced systems” the […]

Air Platform

UK and Turkiye Signed $10 Billion Contract for 20 Eurofighter Typhoon.

October 28, 2025 GDC 0

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Europe

Britain welcomes Germany’s participation in the Tempest sixth-generation fighter jet program.

September 28, 2025 GDC 0

The head of Dassault Aviation said on Tuesday the French planemaker could develop a new fighter jet alone and challenged Germany to do the same in the latest sign of tensions threatening to blow apart […]

Europe

Beretta Defence Proposes Next-gen GRAYBURN Rifle for British Armed Forces.

September 16, 2025 GDC 0

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Europe

Norway purchases British-made Type 26 frigates to patrol the North Atlantic ocean.

September 2, 2025 GDC 0

Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, center, flanked by Defense Minister Tore O. Sandvik, left, and Chief of Defense Eirik Kristoffersen, reports on the status of the purchase of Type 26 frigates from the United […]

Europe

The Type 26 frigate and its derivative, the Hunter-class, serve as a cautionary tale for Australia and the UK.

August 8, 2025 GDC 0

The Type 26 frigate programme, once hailed as a beacon of British naval innovation, has stumbled over a series of obstacles in the UK and Australia. These are not isolated incidents, but indications of wider […]

Cruise Missiles

MBDA awarded contract to produce Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG cruise missile for UK and France

August 5, 2025 GDC 0

The extension of the production will allow the two countries to restock the Storm Shadow/SCALP stockpiles as the work on the next-generation cruise missile. The United Kingdom and France announced on Jul. 9, 2025 that […]

Anti-air Missiles

MBDA accelerates ASTER missile production for partner countries

August 2, 2025 GDC 0

On 23 July 2025, MBDA delivered the first batch of ASTER missiles less than two and a half years since the order was placed as part of a joint acquisition led by OCCAR with Eurosam, the Franco-Italian joint […]

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  • Irving Shipbuilding Awarded Contract for the Construction of River-class Destroyers

    March 12, 2025 0
    Today, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Quebec Lieutenant, and the Honourable Darren Fisher, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of [...]
  • Brazil rejects Indian-made Akash SAM, citing accuracy issues with the missile

    July 3, 2025 0
    Brazil has rejected India’s offer to buy the Indian-made Akash surface-to-air missile and Garuda self-propelled howitzer, according to local Indian media. India deploys indigenous Akash SAM in LadakhDateJuly 1, 2020India to shelf Akash and Trishul [...]
  • Biden Administration Needs to Supply B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers to Australia to Save AUKUS Alliance

    November 25, 2022 0
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  • Ukrainian MiG-29 And Su-27 Escort American B1B Lancer Bomber Over Black Sea

    July 13, 2022 0
    Two B-1B Lancers from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, conducted a long-range, long duration strategic Bomber Task Force mission throughout Europe and the Black Sea region, May 29, 2020. US Air Force B1-B Lancer [...]
  • BAE Systems Starts Prototyping Hunter-class Frigates for RAN

    December 20, 2020 0
    The strong progress on Australia’s biggest surface shipbuilding project continued today with the Australian Government announcing the start of prototyping on the Hunter Class Frigate Program. BAE Systems cuts steel for Hunter-class frigates. At the [...]
  • Greece Purchases 38 PULS Multiple Launch Rocket System From Israel

    January 15, 2025 0
    According to OnAlert on December 5, 2024, Greece is in the final stages of approving the acquisition of 38 PULS (Precise & Universal Launching System) multiple rocket launcher systems, manufactured by Israel’s Elbit Systems. Valued [...]
Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

April 28, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

Infantry Weapons

Israel uses the Roem howitzer in its first combat strikes in Lebanon.

April 24, 2026 0

The Israel Defense Forces has used its new Ro’em self-propelled howitzer in combat for the first time, firing the system during artillery strikes in southern Lebanon. Units from the 282nd Artillery Brigade brought the wheeled […]

Europe

Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Australian Army successfully test-fired the first domestically manufactured HIMARS.

April 16, 2026 0

Australia test-fired the first domestically manufactured GMLRS missile from a HIMARS launcher at Woomera Test Range, South Australia on April 9, 2026. The government committed $320 million to integrate Australian suppliers into GMLRS production at […]

Infantry Weapons

China delivers FN-6 MANPAD and HJ-12E anti-tank missiles to Iran.

April 15, 2026 0

US intelligence indicates China delivered new air defense systems to Iran, CNN reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. According to intelligence outlined in the CNN report, Beijing transferred shoulder-fired FN-6 […]

  • Europe

    Russian United Ship Building Corporation plans to build two Ivan Gren-class amphibious assault ships

  • Europe

    Czech Republic replaces Russian SAM with Israeli Spyder ADS

  • Civil Aviation

    Israeli IAI To Convert Ethiopian 767-300 Passenger Aircraft Into Freighter

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Neptune Cruise Missile Hit Russia’s Command Post In Occupied Crimea

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Approves $8.5 Billion Sale Of 60 CH-47F Chinook Helicopters To Germany

  • Europe

    Ukrainian kamikaze drone strikes destroyed buildings in Moscow

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Bulgaria to deliver S-300 surface-to-air missile to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Poland Sends Soviet-era S-125 Pechora Air Defense System To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Chilling Comms and Dramatic Video Footage Shows Killing of Russian Commander Colonel Andrei Zakharov

  • Americas

    US Army Boosts Javelin Missile Order by $1.3 Billion

  • Africa

    South African company Milkor Unveils Vanguard Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC)

  • Europe

    Poland purchases 180 South Korean K2 Black Panther tanks

  • Air Platform

    Czech Republic purchases 24 F-35 stealth jets worth $6.5 billion

  • Europe

    North Korea Sends More Ammo and Artillery To Russia

  • Central Asia

    After Major Corruption Scandals in Bangladesh and South Africa, Armenia Backs Out of Nuclear Energy Deal With Russia’s Rosatom

  • Air Platform

    Tactical Heron eyes manoeuvring forces, awaits launch customer

  • Air Platform

    US Army to induct UH-72B Lakota Helicopters

  • Air Platform

    Red 6 Awarded Contract To Retrofit Augmented Reality Into T-38 Training Jet

  • Infantry Weapons

    South Korea showcases K239 Chunmoo long-range rocket artillery system in Saudi Arabia and UAE

  • Europe

    Ukraine Strikes Russian Black Sea Fleet HQ With A Kamikaze Drone

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s AVIC Unveils America’s V-BAT Copycat Drone.

  • Uncategorized

    Paramount Engineering Delivers First Alan-2 Protected Mobility Vehicles To Kazakhstan Army

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Indian Air Force is so bad using Western tech that French SCALP-EG ended up 37km off target

  • Europe

    Russian casualties crossed 350,000 soldiers, but Kremlin wouldn’t admit fearing domestic uprising

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesian Air Force wants to buy 2 squadrons of F-16V Block 72

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Malaysia purchases three Anka drones from Turkish Aerospace Industries

  • Africa

    Algeria To Receive 14 Su-34E Medium Bombers

  • Americas

    CAES to Supply Precision Strike Sensor for US Army’s Long-Range Precision Fires

  • Middle East

    Beyond Antipathy Towards Iran, logic Behind Arab-Israeli Peace Deal

  • Air Platform

    Canada to review American F-35 purchases, amid Trump’s trade war

  • Air Platform

    Canada plans to buy 72 4.5 generation fighter jets from Sweden or France

  • Middle East

    The U.S. to sale F-35 as part of a secret Israeli-UAE deal

  • C4iSR

    Saab Awarded Contract to Produce Giraffe 1X Radar for Sweden.

  • Europe

    Saab Awarded Contract to Produce Trackfire Remote Weapon Station.

  • Middle East

    Fincantieri Lays Keel of Qatar’s Air Defense LPD

  • Europe

    Russian tanks and armored vehicles littered the area around the embattled town of Avdiivka

  • Air Platform

    UK Approves Eurofighter Typhoon Sale to Turkiye

  • Middle East

    Former Iranian Official Confirmed Iran Wants to Build Nuclear Bomb, Iran Cannot Be Trusted with Enriched Uranium.

  • Air Platform

    Top Ten Fighter Jets In 2023

  • C4iSR

    Korean Air, LIG Nex1 Join Race to Build South Korea’s First Homegrown EW Aircraft.

  • Europe

    Ukrainian RUBAKA kamikaze drone can hit target at 500km range

  • Africa

    Algeria to Receive Su-57 in 2028

  • Europe

    Turkish drone giant Baykar acquires Italy’s Piaggio Aerospace

  • Europe

    Ukrainian kamikaze sea drones damaged two Project 22160 patrol ship in Crimea

  • Industry

    Can Turkey Repeat Drone Success In TFX Programme?

  • Europe

    Prime Minister Sunak ordered the deployment of military assets to the eastern Mediterranean

  • Air Platform

    Sweden Taps GKN Aerospace To Produce Future Fighter Propulsion

  • Middle East

    Analysis: UAE And Israeli Diplomatic Relationships

  • Anti-air Missiles

    U.S. Purchased Taiwanese MIM-23B Hawk Anti-air System For Ukrainian Forces

  • Europe

    BAE Systems To Upgrade CV90 IFV Of Dutch Army

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